As an educator, I am always trying to do the best thing with Eddie as far as communication and language. We make books available to him for exploring, we read books to him, we talk to him constantly about what we are doing, and we name EVERYTHING.
One thing we haven’t done a ton of is sign language.
Recently I was contacted by Emily Patterson about guest posting here on the topic of Sign Language at an early age. I thought it was a wonderful idea. I know a LOT of you already do this with your children, and I am so excited to learn that it is NOT too late for us to start!
Here is a little about Emily and what she does…

Baby sign language is so awesome! I used to work in a childcare center where we would teach all of the infants how to sign. At times, there would be 5-6 older infants in a class that could tell their teacher that they were all done or wanted more. I later taught my son how to sign and in doing so, he created his own sound/word that went with the please sign that he used to communicate. I'm trying to teach our baby, now, and it's alot of fun. I can tell she wants to communicate with us. It's great to give them these tools!
I'm so glad you posted this. We want to teach N sign language but it always gets pushed to the side. This was just the reminder I needed to look up some resources and get started with her!
great info katie. my brother is deaf so teaching S sign language was a must. i wish more people would do it, and it's NEVER too late! 🙂
This is very fascinating. My SIL taught my nephew
How to sign and I was blown away at how much a baby knows already. Like totally blown away. They are amazing little sponges!